How to make PHP and C/C++ interact with each other

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I have the usual PHP and MYSQL server running but I want to perform some CPU intensive computations. Therefore I wish to run a C program to handle that part.

Is it possible to exchange data between a PHP and a C/C++ program on the server itself?

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score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 02 '13 at 21:45

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Why not write a C++ program and then use popen to fetch the results when it is executed.

answered Mar 02 '13 at 21:45

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score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 02 '13 at 22:03

It's possible and you have multiple ways to achieve that.

write an extension (as it was already suggested)
call your C program with 'exec()'
use Gearman
run C program as a service and communicate with it via pipe or a socket

From the above I would choose an extension or Gearman.

score 1 · Answer 3 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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Write an extension :)

PHP extension wrapper for C++

#include "php.h"

edited May 23 '17 at 12:03

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answered Mar 02 '13 at 21:54

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